Poor Madeleine McCann and family

What a tragedy...poor Maddy, poor parents and siblings. As a parent of 3 wee ones myself, my heart goes out to the parents....every second must be agony, I can't imagine what they're going through. Although not particularly religious, I pray with everything that I have in me that Maddy is returned safely to her family immediately. Also that the family be given the strength to get through this and to help all the kids mend.

I wanted to remove the paragraph below from this post. In my defence I had less information than I do today (17th May)- and still, like everyone else I'm pretty much in the dark as to the details. I just wanted to say that I am sure most of you out there are excellent parents and would not risk the safety and well-being of your children. I certainly would never leave my toddlers (and I imagine even older kids) in an unlocked holiday apartment on their own. So please forgive me for giving the impression that the Mccanns behaviour was normal, I really didn't know the details when I went shooting my mouth off.

My heart still aches for poor little Maddy.

To be deleted - Its so easy for everyone to judge, but at the end of the day none of us are perfect and those of us who haven't had tragedy at our door should be
grateful for the luck rather than thinking its because we're perfect parents. If
we critically analyse some of the things we have done (they may not be obviously 'bad'), we might be less judgemental of the McCanns. At the end of the day a little innocent child is missing...either lost and confused or taken...all we can hope is that she is safely returned.